Bazel was a Saurian male serving in Starfleet in the 24th century. In 2380, Captain Bazel, a seventy year Starfleet veteran, was in command of the USS Rhea. In September 2380, the Rhea was on an exploratory mission to the open cluster NGC 6281 when it encountered an unidentified lifeform, later dubbed Noh Angels. During their initial encounter with the creatures on NGC 6281-34 III, the Rhea was attacked in orbit by the assimilated USS Einstein. Held in a state of extreme time dilation, in subspace stasis bubble by the cluster's sentient intelligence at the moment of the assault, the vessel was eventually recovered thanks to the efforts of the USS Enterprise-E and the Liberated Borg vessel Liberator. Over 100 of the Rhea's crew were killed by the attacking Borg drones, with approximately 80